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Comments on MetaFilter post Christie's breaks out in a cold sweat.Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:55:42 -0800Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:55:42 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Christie's breaks out in a cold sweat.http://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat
Coming in at just under $860,000, the take for the <a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyid=2008-07-18T021552Z_01_B141701_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BROWN.xml">recently</a> <a href="http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/b141701-brown/">auctioned</a> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Controversial-Auction-James-Brown-Personal-Items/ss/events/en/071808auctjamesbrown">estate</a> of <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5099110&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">James</a> <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lsZ2tUGonGM">Brown</a> fell well short of the two million that Christie's had hoped for. You'll want to <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/SearchResults.aspx?intSaleID=22007#intSaleID=22007&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">browse the collection</a> for yourself, of course. If I had the extra scratch, I'd have sure bought <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5099155&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">this</a>.post:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:46:33 -0800flapjax at midnitemusicauctionestateJamesBrownJameBrownColdSweatBy: doctorschlockhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189547
The average Joe doesn't shop Christie's. The real money is on Ebay.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189547Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:55:42 -0800doctorschlockBy: roll truck rollhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189548
Wait, James Brown is dead?comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189548Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:56:41 -0800roll truck rollBy: flapjax at midnitehttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189556
Yo, wait a minute now, roll truck roll, just wait a minute... you're telling me you celebrated <i>Christmas</i> last year, NOT the first anniversary of the passing of the Godfather of Soul?
HERETIC!comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189556Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:03:37 -0800flapjax at midniteBy: madamjujujivehttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189557
Maybe it's karma for the heirs for making James lie around for 10 weeks before burial.
Gasp! - <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5099184&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">say it ain't so, James!</a>
But now this <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5099247&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">gold suit was quite a bargain</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189557Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:08:04 -0800madamjujujiveBy: Alvy Ampersandhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189558
"Well okay, Mr. Brown, let's just get you up on the table and see what we're dealing with-"
"<a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?pos=2&intObjectID=5099153&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">Hey</a>, I'm a diabetic!
It ain't copacetic!
Whoa-oa-oa! No penicillin,
It makes me illin'
Makes me break out - in hives!
Uh!"
[Orderly enters, drapes hospital gown over Godfather's shoulders]
"Nurse, please prepare 15 milligrams of Haloperidol..."
[Godfather leaps up from the table, throwing the gown aside]
NOOOOO! UH!comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189558Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:09:08 -0800Alvy AmpersandBy: squashahttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189561
The white fox cape, I get...but, the <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?pos=7&intObjectID=5099158&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">hockey jersey</a>? We have an awesome James Brown tribute band in Gifu, Japan. Their New Year's Eve gig celebrated the man in style.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189561Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:10:59 -0800squashaBy: DUhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189567
The lowest earning man on the auction block.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189567Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:24:34 -0800DUBy: miss lynnsterhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189582
I still regret not buying anything at Ella Fitzgerald's estate sale. With every fiber of my being. It was "Rent? Or buy this gold-plated tissue box that has 'Ella' engraved on it? Hmmmm..."
I stupidly chose rent. DAMNIT.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189582Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:41:50 -0800miss lynnsterBy: flapjax at midnitehttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189584
<i>I stupidly chose rent. DAMNIT.</i>
I feel your pain, miss l.
there's always a landlord somewhere
there's always some rent to pay
another little disaster
each and every day <a href="http://music.metafilter.com/2182/Life">...</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189584Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:45:34 -0800flapjax at midniteBy: AsYouKnow Bobhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189637
I seriously considered buying one of Johnny Cash's black shirts: I still regret missing it.
Now I'll go to my grave regretting not buying one of James Brown's capes.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189637Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:29:52 -0800AsYouKnow BobBy: Meatbombhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189644
What's this about James Brown selling his stuff? Is he in need of cash or something?comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189644Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:39:34 -0800MeatbombBy: Frank Grimeshttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189646
<a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5099216&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">Handwritten Letter 1</a> and <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5099217&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">Handwritten Letter 2 </a>had pre-auction estimates of $300-$500 and sold for $2,375 and $9,375.
Letter 1 seems to be addressed to a woman with whom he was breaking off an affair and offered her $6,000 as a parting gift. Letter 2 is a paranoid rant about being ripped off by record companies.
The suits are a bargain and I regret not bidding.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189646Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:47:38 -0800Frank GrimesBy: Meatbombhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189665
<em>The suits are a bargain and I regret not bidding.</em>
You'd likely pay more retail. $375 for three suits?!comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189665Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:21:04 -0800MeatbombBy: fillsthepewshttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189680
i also almost lost my mind over the johnny cash auction. love those <a href="https://www.christies.com/services/publications/">auction preview books </a>that come out for things like that. i also feel that i might be a secret yuppie for admitting that.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189680Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:36:57 -0800fillsthepewsBy: beelzbubbahttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189720
I would have loved one of those red suits, even though there's no way to tailor them to fit a 6' 6" man, and my caucasian heritage would render me incapable of wearing it without dissolving everyone around me into fits of laughter. Still, a red GFoS suit? or the silver &amp; black? Damn, jack.
But I would have loved being at the auction, if only to lurk around the furniture &amp; admonish people to "get up offa that thing!"comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189720Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:46:07 -0800beelzbubbaBy: HappyHippohttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189960
I know I could never pull off this look but <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5099130&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">Yowza</a> I would sure give it a go.
Thanks for the post flapjax.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189960Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:31:07 -0800HappyHippoBy: furtivehttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189979
MetaFilter: You are big but you can be small again.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189979Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:05:47 -0800furtiveBy: ShawnStringhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2189997
but where there any bags in the auction...i need a new one.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2189997Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:49:22 -0800ShawnStringBy: TedWhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2190016
<em>Letter 2 is a paranoid rant about being ripped off by record companies.</em>
Paranoid, drug-induced, semi-literate-but still pretty accurate. It is a pity to see Mr. Brown's heirs and trustees squabbling among themselves until everything is gone; if it were properly managed his legacy could be as large or larger than Elvis's (who by the time of his death had pretty much been written off a a caricature of his former self). Instead it will be scattered about and everyone will be worse off.
On a lighter note, I wanted to bid on <a href="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?pos=10&intObjectID=5099181&sid=e49d8d26-42c9-4523-b036-933c442534d9">this</a>, but I've already got one. And I didn't like the way it made my wife laugh.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2190016Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:48:46 -0800TedWBy: bwghttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2190017
<em>MetaFilter: You are big but you can be small again.</em>
Or in the words of The Tragically Hip:
Good News! You get to vanish
Go to Cleveland, be an indie smash
The good news is now you're smaller
The bad news is you can be smaller than thatcomment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2190017Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:49:11 -0800bwgBy: rollbizhttp://www.metafilter.com/73436/Christies-breaks-out-in-a-cold-sweat#2190026
That hockey jersey is HOT and I'm glad I didn't know about this before having to resist the temptation of getting evicted and/or having my car repo-ed to buy it.
I sure would look awesome walking to work in it, and I'd be the envy of the homeless shelter!comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.73436-2190026Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:32:56 -0800rollbiz